Improved apparatus for tying fleeces



ticted 'etre f @Hiwit SOLON GOOLEY, OF CARO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND GEY- LON M. KELLY, 0F SAME PLACE;

Letters Patent No. 96,779, dated November 16, 1869.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TYING- FLEECES.

The Schedule referred to in thes Letters Patent and making part of the same To whom it may concern:

to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being' a part of this specification.

The nature 0f this invention relates to an improvev ment inthe eonstruction'of an apparatus for holding 'and compressing ileeces of wool while they are being tied up.

It consists in the peculiar arrangement of its several parts, which are a series of curved leaves or fingers, hinged to and around'a circular stem, projecting through a lcircular opening in a table, and operated by a treadle-lever, in such a manner that a fieece, placed within theleaves, may be pressed to a conipaet sphere while being tied.

In the drawings- A represen-ts a proper table, having a circular opening in its centre. ,t

The table is supported by legs B.

C are curved leaves, in the form of sections of a hollow sphere, their lower ends hinged to and around the head of a circular stem, I), the lower end ofl which is'pivoted in thetreadle-lever E.

This lever is pivoted at its rear end to one of the rear legs of the table, and extends diagonally across it, its front end engaging with notches b, eut in the opposite front leg.

To opera-te this apparatus, raise the '.treadle, when the leaves C will fall apart and open out, then lay two pieces of twine, of the proper length, across each other, and between the open leaves, then lay the fleece in the leaves and depress the treadle'; as the leaves are drawn down through the circular opening iu the table, they are compelled to close up in the form of a sphere, compressing the fleece into a coinpact mass.

When the tieece is sufficiently compressed, the

outer end ofthe treadle is. caused to engage with one' The arrangement of the hinged leaves l, the stein l), the table A, with a suit-able opening for the stem l.

1), the treadle-lever E, and 4the notches 15in one ot' the standards B, when constructed, combined, and operating as and for the purpose specified. Y

\Viiuesses: SOLON OOOLEY.

Jas. l. DAY, H. F. Ennn'rs. 

